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A huge explosion reported near Cairo Airport. A huge explosion has reportedly been heard in the vicinity of Cairo Airport this evening. The blast is believed to have been the result of two fuel storage tanks catching fire and exploding outside the airport perimeter. >>

Chemical tank blast rocks Cairo, 12 hurt. Explosion near airport blamed on 'increase in heat' at site of company specializing in 'chemical industries' >>

Chemicals factory blast injures 12 outside Cairo's main airport. Egyptian firefighters battled flames that erupted after an explosion at a chemicals factory outside Cairo's main airport on Thursday, with a dozen people reported injured in a blast an army spokesman said was caused by high temperatures. >>

Egypt army spokesman says earlier explosion at chemical factory due to high temperatures. An Egyptian military spokesman said on Thursday that an earlier explosion near fuel tanks outside Cairo airport took place at a chemicals factory and had been caused by high temperatures. >>

Egypt orders freed news site editor back into custody. Adel Sabri, set to be released after spending months in jail for different case, held again on charges of spreading false news and joining an outlawed group >>

Egypt: Twelve hurt in huge blast near Cairo International Airport. An army spokesman said the blast was caused by "high temperatures" at a fuel storage facility. >>

Egyptian courts sentence 31 to death for killings, prison escape. Egyptian courts on Thursday sentenced 31 people to death in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a policeman and a security guard in 2015 and the other related to a 2016 prison escape, state news agency MENA and witnesses said. >>

Egyptologists to open giant granite sarcophagus found where Alexander The Great may be buried. Archaeologists in Egypt will open a 10ft-long sarcophagus dug up in the city where Alexander the Great may have been buried. >>

Explosion heard near Cairo airport: residents and security sources. An explosion was heard near Egypt's Cairo airport on Thursday evening, residents said, and security sources said the blast appeared to be at a structure used to store fuel. >>

Explosion rocks chemicals factory near Cairo's airport. An explosion has rocked a chemicals factory near Cairo's airport, prompting firefighters and ambulances to rush to the scene >>

Explosion sets off fire outside Egypt's Cairo airport, air movement unaffected. An explosion ripped through fuel tanks near Egypt's Cairo airport on Thursday evening, igniting a fire in the area, but the country's civil aviation minister said air movement was unaffected. >>

Twelve hospitalized from blast outside Cairo airport - Egyptian state news agency. Egyptian state news agency MENA said 12 people were taken to hospital from injuries suffered after an explosion at a chemical factory outside Cairo's airport. >>